Directing

Peter Maxwell

Peter Maxwell est surtout connu pour Skippy, le kangourou, A Country Practice, Sir Francis Drake, Le corsaire de la reine et Le Chevalier Lancelot. Peter Maxwell est né le 23 janvier 1921. Peter Maxwell est décédé(e) le 5 avril 2013 à 92 ans.

Naissance: 23 janvier 1921
Lieu de naissance: Vienna, Austria
Décès: 5 avril 2013 (92 ans)

Biographie

Peter Maxwell (23 January 1921 – 5 April 2013) born as Peter Magitai, was a British, and later Australian director and screenwriter of television and film.

He was born in Vienna, Austria, to newspaper journalist Leo Magatai and wife Johanna. His family fled Vienna in the 1930s, and he changed his surname to enter the British Army. After having been posted to India, he returned to Britain to work as an assistant director to Alexander Korda in 1949. He worked briefly in Australia in the early 1960s before returning to England.

In 1967 he emigrated to Australia permanently, where he directed such films as Country Town and television series including Bellbird, Rip Tide and A Country Practice.